May 20, 2024  
UofM 2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
UofM 2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


Courses that may be offered online are indicated with (**)asterisks next to the course title.

 

Applied Music

  
  • MUAP 8142 - Euphonium

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8260-8289 - Special Topics in Applied Music

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Selected topics in Applied Music. May be repeated with change of topic.
  
  • MUAP 8311 - Piano

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8321 - Harpsichord

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8331 - Organ

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8411 - Percussion

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8511 - Violin

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8521 - Viola

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8531 - Cello

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8541 - Bass

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8551 - Guitar

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8600 - Experiential Learning Credit

    Credit Hours: (1-9)
    Description A systematic process for evaluating and credentialing graduate-level learning gained in a variety of contexts. Credit determined by faculty assessor.
  
  • MUAP 8611 - Voice

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8620 - Ind Study Sym/Op Cond

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Detailed study of advanced conducting techniques including styles, mechanics, score reading and preparation, and rehearsal techniques and organization; practical experience in orchestral and operatic conducting. May be repeated for credit. May be repeated for credit
  
  • MUAP 8622 - Ind Proj Opera Direct

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Actual staging or musical direction of an opera workshop or opera theatre production. May be repeated for credit. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MUAP 8701 - Conducting

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
    Description Conducting the concert band, the symphony orchestra, and the chorus in the larger musical forms; emphasis on interpretation. $250.00 instruction and lab fee. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • MUAP 8702 - Conducting Practicum

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Supervised rehearsal and preparation of a public performance with a large ensemble.
  
  • MUAP 8703 - Score Study/Aural Train

    Credit Hours: (2)
    Description Skills of score reading, ear training, and score analysis for conductors.
  
  • MUAP 8711 - Flute

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8721 - Oboe

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8731 - Clarinet

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
    COREQUISITE(S): JOUR 4629. Permission of Department required for registration.
  
  • MUAP 8731 - Clarinet

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8741 - Saxophone

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8751 - Bassoon

    Credit Hours: (2-6)
  
  • MUAP 8800 - Internship/Music Perform

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
    Description Music performances coordinated between the School of Music and Opera Memphis or the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. May be repeated. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given. May be repeated Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • MUAP 8801 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Individual Research, under faculty supervision, on a selected topic in Applied Music. May be repeated when the topic varies. May be repeated when the topic varies.
  
  • MUAP 8802 - Career Resources for Musicians

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description This course will cover career-related writing skills, including bios, resumes, and grants, in addition to giving students an experiential learning environment to create a practical toolbox for their professional musical life.
  
  • MUAP 8999 - Recital

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Student must be concurrently enrolled in an appropriate applied music course. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given. Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
  
  • MUAP 9000 - Doctoral Research Project

    Credit Hours: (1-9)
    Description Preparation of the research document as part of the dissertation equivalent; may include a lecture recital or specialized project. All policies relating to dissertations are applicable to the course. Continuous enrollment is required until degree is completed. S/U/IP

Architecture

  
  • ARCH 6021 - Architecture Independent Study

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Independent research in selected area of architecture under supervision of architecture faculty. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in increments of 1, 2, or 3 credit hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6022 - Architecture+Urbanism Seminar

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Review of contemporary concepts in architectural design in the context of the urban environment; attitudes and phenomena making the particular culture of today and their impact on the built environment. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6023 - Urban Design Seminar

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Comprehensive overview of significant issues of contemporary urban design; emphasis on experiential nature of cities and role of the architect in urban design. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6221 - Determinants of Modern Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Significant works of architecture and urban design from 1900 to present; focus on Europe, the US, and non-Western world; examines architecture as a mode of cultural production in relation to its aesthetic. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 1211, 1212, or equivalent.
  
  • ARCH 6231 - Issues in City Building

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Review of historical and contemporary issues in architecture, urban design, planning, and real estate development within the context of urban environment. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6421 - Sustainable Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Principles of sustainable design as it relates to architecture and interior design. Topics include successful integration of sustainable design principles into building solutions; systematic evaluation of various design strategies in order to determine the most appropriate application. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6430 - Internship in Architecture

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
    Description Experiential learning to be achieved through an approved work assignment with a design firm, appropriate public or private entity, or a Department of Architecture faculty member. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6451 - Site+Environmental Planning

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Building sites; selection and utilization, including environmental influences; technical aspects such as zoning, contour lines, parking, ingress/egress, site drainage, building location, and sustainable design. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6613 - Advanced Visual Communication

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced design, modeling, and analytical concepts using various computer software programs. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6811 - Parameters in Architecture Studio

    Credit Hours: (3-6)
    Description Comprehensive overview of differences and relationships of history, technology, and culture in terms of impact on architecture and urban design; concepts of form generation and historic dimensions of architecture with respect to human settlement.  May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours when topic changes PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6812 - Furniture Design Studio

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description Examination of the historical precedents in modern style and the place of furniture in architecture; design philosophy, expression of materials, and construction. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6821 - Urban Design Studio

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Comprehensive overview of significant issues of contemporary urban design; emphasis on experiential nature of cities, role of public policy, and genesis and development of urban building types. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6822 - Architecture+Urbanism Studio

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Advanced design studio for identifying needs, resources, and operational methodologies across an expanded range of environmental scales; methods for identifying socio-cultural needs and coordination of complex variables, information, and resources, leading to conceptualization and development of design of components of the built environment.
  
  • ARCH 6823 - Design Collaborative Studio 1

    Credit Hours: (3-6)
    Description Critical study of a defined community challenge that incorporates knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines; conduct best practice research within and across disciplines. The purpose of this course is to support community engagement activities of the University of Memphis Design Collaborative (UMDC).  May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6824 - Design Collaborative Studio 2

    Credit Hours: (3-6)
    Description Critical study of a defined community challenge that incorporates knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines; conduct best practice research within and across disciplines. The purpose of this course is to support community engagement activities of the University of Memphis Design Collaborative (UMDC).  May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6825 - Design+Build Studio

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
    Description Collaborative research with faculty, students and community stakeholders; integration of concepts and methods as applied to building types, design, construction; site analysis and development of design solutions for community engagement project(s). May be repeated by permission for a maximum of 6 credit hours. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6833 - Architectural Illustration

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Basics of phenomenological theory as it applies to design communication; techniques of observational analysis; skills in applied color theory, perspective drawing, compositional refinement, and characteristics of materials and light; precedents of representation; graphic and verbal presentation. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 6841 - Studio Study Abroad

    Credit Hours: (3-9)
    Description Comparative studies of cultures; relationships of culture to physical environment, organization of cities; history and behavior of inhabitants; analysis and documentation of elements of physical environment and relationship between buildings and urban fabric. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7011 - Advanced Design Seminar 1

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Offered in conjunction with advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes life-safety, building envelope and service systems, materials and assemblies. COREQUISITE: ARCH 7711. COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7711 .
  
  • ARCH 7012 - Advanced Design Seminar 2

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes structural and environmental issues as design determinants. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7711 ; COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7712 .
  
  • ARCH 7013 - Advanced Design Seminar 3

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Offered in conjunction with advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes comprehensive design. COREREQUISITE: ARCH 7713. COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7713 .
  
  • ARCH 7021 - Architecture Independent Study

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Independent research in selected area of architecture under supervision of architecture faculty. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in increments of 1, 2, or 3 credit hours PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ARCH 7031 - Research and Training

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Collaborative research with faculty in selected areas of architecture. The primary goal of the course is to learn about common research methods used in the design fields and to develop skills in written communication of such research.
  
  • ARCH 7211 - Contemporary Arch Theory

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Critical study of contemporary theoretical writings and related architectural production; contemporary issues informing current architectural discourse; the Modernist canon and -isms” from the mid-twentieth century to the present.”
  
  • ARCH 7222 - Contemporary Architecture 2

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description This course investigates the state of contemporary architecture as represented by significant practices, buildings, theories and criticisms. Themes to be considered include the ethics and aesthetics of sustainability, contemporary urbanism and new approaches to materials and structure.
  
  • ARCH 7232 - Advanced Issues City Building

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Analysis and understanding of the qualities of the existing physical environment, natural and built, and social and economic issues within the context of the urban environment. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7421 - Advanced Environmental Systems

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced principles, appropriate applications and performance of environmental systems; acoustical, lighting, climate modification systems, and energy use integrated with the building envelope. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 3421 (or approved equivalent) or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7430 - Internship in Architecture

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
    Description Experiential learning to be achieved through an approved work assignment with a design firm, appropriate public or private entity, or a Department of Architecture faculty member. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7431 - Advanced Professional Practice

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Principles of practice including communication skills, technical documentation, financial consideration, human behavior, client role, project management, practice management, leadership, legal responsibilities, ethics and professional judgment, and community and social repsonsibilities. PREREQUISITE(S): permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7511 - Urban Design Strategies Semn

    Credit Hours: (3)
  
  • ARCH 7512 - Urbanism/Suburban Rev Studio

    Credit Hours: (6)
  
  • ARCH 7711 - Advanced Design Studio 1

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes life-safety, building envelope and service systems, materials and assemblies. COREQUISITE: ARCH 7011. COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7011 .
  
  • ARCH 7712 - Advanced Design Studio 2

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes structural and environmental issues as design determinants. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7711 , ARCH 7011 ; COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7012 .
  
  • ARCH 7713 - Advanced Design Studio 3

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Advanced studio problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes comprehensive design. COREREQUISITE: ARCH 7013. COREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7013 .
  
  • ARCH 7833 - Experiential Drawing Studio

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Phenomenological theory as it applies to design communication and pedagogy; narrative compositional refinement; precedents of representation; aesthetic theory of depiction and representation. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7930 - Architecture Research

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Study in research in a specific area culminating in an integrating experience through individual project; research techniques, preliminary research, and conceptual development of an architectural project; site analysis and selection, case studies; development of thesis or professional project proposal. PREREQUISITE(S): Permission of instructor. Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.
  
  • ARCH 7995 - Professional Project Studio

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Description Studio research problems in architecture; changing topics address a variety of critical and ideological constructs; emphasizes creative professional research and design in a course of study developed with architecture faculty based on the individual research interest of the student. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7930 , permission of instructor.
  
  • ARCH 7996 - Architecture Thesis Studio

    Credit Hours: (1-6)
    Description Emphasizes comprehensive integration of disciplinary and professional skills through formulation of architectural propositions grounded in theoretical, critical, and creative research. PREREQUISITE(S): ARCH 7930 . Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.

Art

  
  • ART 6010-6019 - Special Topics in Studio Art

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Topics are varied and announced in online class listings. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours when topic varies.
  
  • ART 6020-6029 - Special Topics in Art Education

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Topics are varied and announced in online class listings. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours when topic varies.
  
  • ART 6169 - Mural Painting as Public Art

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Fundamental principles of painting in the creation of indoor and outdoor murals; various techniques specific to mural painting and the design and creation of murals.
  
  • ART 6211 - Writing/Design Process

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Focus on synthesis of verbal and visual problem-solving methods and use of writing as an integral phase of design process. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 3213 and 3222 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6220 - Print Communication Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Practical problems in the areas of publication, information, corporate, and promotional design.
  
  • ART 6223 - Special Studies/Graphic Des

    Credit Hours: 3
    Description Advanced instruction in electronic imaging, typography, and publication design, 3-dimensional design, corporate and promotional design, or information graphics.
  
  • ART 6224 - History Graphic Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Cultural, theoretical, and stylistic aspects of major movements in field of graphic design in Europe and America from the Industrial Revolution to present. PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to Graphic Design concentration.
  
  • ART 6314 - Art of The Book

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Comprehensive study of skills and processes involved in design of traditional and non-traditional book formats; investigates history of the book, the book as aesthetic object and as vehicle for creative expression. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 3313, 3314, or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6321 - Drawing & Painting I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description An advanced course in drawing and painting methods with emphasis on transparent watercolor.
  
  • ART 6322 - Drawng & Paintng II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description A continuation of Art 6321 with attention given to various mixed media.
  
  • ART 6331 - Painting III

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced problems in oil painting, presupposing that the student has mastered basic techniques and is ready for a more experimental approach to the subject.
  
  • ART 6332 - Painting IV

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description A continuation of Art 6331 with emphasis on development of a personal style.
  
  • ART 6333 - Painting V

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Continuation of ART 6332; emphasis on development of personal style. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 6332  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6351 - Adv Printmaking I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Specialization in one or two printmaking media with emphasis on development of personal imagery and technical skills.
  
  • ART 6352 - Adv Printmaking II

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced work in one or two printmaking media with continued development of personal imagery and advanced technical skills.
  
  • ART 6353 - Com Image Prnt/Photo I

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Use of digital imaging in one of several output options including inkjet printing, lithography, screen printing, etching, silver and non-silver photographic processes; emphasis on personal expression. PREREQUISITE(S): Computer course and either ART 2351 or 2701.
  
  • ART 6354 - Com Imag Prnt/Photo II

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Advanced project using digital imaging; proposal for study to be approved in advance; emphasis on personal expression. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours PREREQUISITE(S): ART 6353  or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6410 - Art Educ Independ Study

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Theoretical and pragmatic ideas relevant to teaching of art. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • ART 6440 - Analysis of Teaching

    Credit Hours: (4)
    Description Advanced methods for art teaching practices in schools. PREREQUISITE(S): admission to TEP.
  
  • ART 6511 - Sculpture IV

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced work in various sculptural media.
  
  • ART 6512 - Sculpture V

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description A continuation of ART 6511 with emphasis on personal expression.
  
  • ART 6521 - Ceramics III

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Introduction to pottery-making, including hand forming and production processes using clays, plaster, and cements.
  
  • ART 6560 - Interactive Media Design

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Introduction to time-based, electronic media in graphics design, impact of electronic interface on visual communication; emphasis on visual design of narrative, commercial, editorial and/or educational multimedia presentations on computer. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 3222, 3227, 4220, 4500, 3210 or Permission of Instructor.
  
  • ART 6621 - Workshop In Art I

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Specific art problems as they apply to the individual student; emphasis on basic art concepts and creative experience.
  
  • ART 6622 - Workshop In Art II

    Credit Hours: (1-3)
    Description Continuation of ART 6621, providing study of problems appropriate to needs of the individual student.
  
  • ART 6641 - Study & Travel Art

    Credit Hours: (3-6)
    Description Travel to important art areas of the world with specialized study under direction of departmental faculty member; research problem assigned and evaluated by major professor required.
  
  • ART 6650 - Profess Art Practices

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Development of skills needed for success as practicing professional artist, including portfolio preparation and presentation, marketing, contracts, copyrights, and alternative art careers.
  
  • ART 6701 - Color Photography

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Exploration of photographic perception in color; survey of the history and aesthetics of color photography; techniques of color photography with emphasis on color printing. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 2702 or ART 6002 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6702 - Photogrphc Mat/Process

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Primarily an advanced technical course exploring the creative potential in various contemporary photographic materials, processes, and techniques; emphasis on aesthetic application of those materials and techniques. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 2702 or ART 6002 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6703 - Altn Photogrphc Process

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Creative potential of archaic and non-traditional photographic processes such as Cyanotype, Gum Bichromate, and Kwik-Print. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 2702 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6704 - Photographic Lighting

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Description Advanced theory, technique, and equipment used by professional photographers for black and white and color; emphasis on aesthetic application in actual practice. PREREQUISITE(S): ART 2702 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ART 6912 - Art Education Residency II

    Credit Hours: (9)
    Description Implementing various methodologies, assessing students, classroom management,and classroom discipline. PREREQUISITE(S): admission to TEP.
  
  • ART 6914 - Art Education Residency I

    Credit Hours: (5)
    Description Implementing various methodologies, assessing students, classroom management, and classroom discipline. PREREQUISITE(S): admission to TEP.
 

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